One of the more fun things about moving to a new place: you get the chance to start from scratch. Even if you're bringing your "old" stuff with you (we're planning on carting about 50% of our furniture cross-country), placing items that you've come to take for granted into an entirely new space is such a cool opportunity to reimagine how you see your home. And since most of our furniture is relatively neutral - light grey sofa, brown leather armchair, wood coffee table - it can easily be given a completely new feel simply by switching out the throw pillows, blankets and other accessories.

I'm excited.

The result of all this excitement: I've been spending way, way too much time hanging out on Trulia.com and Homes.com, looking at places in the towns that we're considering (just for fun; the places that are available now obviously won't still be available when we're ready to actually move), and over and over again I keep returning to houses that look like…well, sort of like log cabins. Wood-paneled walls, exposed beams, rustic cabinetry, brick fireplaces.

And so regardless of the place we end up in, I think this is the look I'd like to go for.

When I told Kendrick that I found a pair of hide chairs at an antique store across the river and that buying them was not, to my mind, an option, he didn't quite understand why. I mean…we didn't really need chairs. We're moving in a few months. They were pretty expensive (not insanely expensive, but still: for whatever reason, even totally uninteresting, big-chain-store chairs are weirdly pricey for some reason).

So why, exactly, was this such a non-optional purchase for me?

Because I think when you stumble across something - and especially an item that will theoretically be in your life forever, getting used and loved every single day, and then get passed down to your children should they inherit your penchant for furry seating options - that is 1) well made, 2) a one-of-a-kind, once-in-a-million-years find (making it both now-or-never and also a decent investment), 3) in absolutely pristine condition, and 4) exactly your (odd, granted) style...